OAKLAND — The Warriors don’t expect to see the Los Angeles Clippers’ two-headed monster Sunday at Oracle Arena, but DeAndre Jordan has played so well recently that his team hardly has missed injured All-Star Blake Griffin.

Griffin, originally expected back Sunday after missing 11 games following Feb. 9 surgery for a staph infection in his right elbow, now is less likely to suit up. He sat out practice Friday.

The Clippers are 7-4 without him, thanks largely to the 6-foot-11 Jordan, who has averaged an otherworldly 20.1 rebounds the past 10 games.

“We’ve learned how to play without him,” Jordan told the Los Angeles Times. “Whenever Blake comes back, we’ll be an even stronger team.”

Jordan has picked up the slack, grabbing at least 20 rebounds in wins over Chicago (26), Memphis (22), Houston (20) and Dallas (27).

“He’s been a monster on the boards,” Warriors backup center Festus Ezeli said after practice Saturday.

Jordan also leads the NBA with a .713 field-goal percentage, thanks mostly to a league-best 188 dunks.

“If you’re a split-second late on anything, you end up on ‘SportsCenter,’ ” center Andrew Bogut said. “If he has a clear path to the basket and can get his feet set, there’s no one in this league that can out-jump him.”

Coach Steve Kerr said Bogut and Ezeli are likely to share the assignment of defending Jordan, who is averaging 11.1 points and 14.5 rebounds for the season. But he stopped short of saying the Warriors cannot play smaller against the Clippers, especially if Griffin remains sidelined.

“There’s absolutely a possibility we could play Draymond (Green) on him,” said Kerr, referring to the Warriors’ versatile 6-7 power forward.

Bogut and Ezeli both said the key to slowing down Jordan is to maintain physical contact with him and not allow him to get a running start at the rim.

“Just keep a body on him,” Ezeli said. “A lot of times just focus on boxing out more than getting rebounds.”

Jordan’s one significant weakness is free-throw shooting, where he has converted just 40 percent this season, 42 percent for his career. That prompted Houston and San Antonio to foul him repeatedly in recent games, and while Jordan combined to shoot just 22 for 54 from the line, the Clippers won both games.

“Generally they win when people do the Hack-a-Jordan,” Kerr said. “I have a lot of respect for him and the way he’s handled that.”

Kerr said he is inclined to rely on the team’s defense, rather than resort to fouling Jordan over and over.

“I always reserve the option. But I’d prefer not to,” he said.

All-Star guard Klay Thompson is shooting just 22 of 70 in four games in March, including 25 percent from the 3-point arc. But Kerr said it is as much a team issue as an individual slump by Thompson.

“Klay will be fine. To me, what’s happened is we’ve lost our rhythm offensively,” Kerr said. “We’re not setting good screens, we don’t have good spacing in our half-court stuff. So Klay’s had to take harder shots. It’s all about helping each other.”

The Clippers signed veteran guard Nate Robinson to a 10-day contract after Jamal Crawford sustained a right-calf contusion that caused him to miss Wednesday’s game. Robinson, who played 51 games with the Warriors in 2011-12, is expected to be available Sunday.

Robinson was released by the Celtics on Jan. 14 after being traded from Denver to Boston. He averaged 5.8 points in 14.1 minutes per game for the Nuggets.

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